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A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho June 24, 2018 1 John 1 Who, exactly, was Jesus? Was he a teacher who said some cool stuff, a healer who healed some folk, but was pretty much just like you and me—maybe a wiser version of the best of humanity? Was he God,…

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho June 18, 2017 Psalm 13 I acknowledge, this psalm is a bit of a bummer. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? It is quite a contrast, in most ways, to the one we heard last week, that was full of turning toward…

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho April 23, 2017 Luke 24:13-35 My friends and I pass books back and forth. If there is a book we enjoy, we’ll pass it on when we’re done with it. One of my friends sent me a book a while back. I read it and loved…

There has been much brouhaha lately about a policy Vice President Pence and his wife have in their marriage. He has said he won’t be alone with a woman other than his wife and will not be in a place where alcohol is being served unless his wife is with him. This included, apparently, not…

Below is a Facebook status of a friend that is important for us all to read. They cannot, at this time, add their own name here but they have given me permission to share their words here. In light of the atrocious anti-LGBTQ bill recently passed in North Carolina, it is important to remember we…

Here’s a video of the sermon: Here’s the video of the entire worship service: A sermon preached at the closing worship service of the Covenant Network Conference, Unity Matters. Nov 7, 2015 at Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. 2 Cor 5:16-21; 6:1-2 Isaiah 65: 17-25 +++++ You’ve come a long way, baby. Many of…

It is an odd relationship–the way ministers often act as agents of the state to sign civil marriage licenses. We can’t sign any other documents on behalf of the state. But hundreds of years ago, when marriages all (mostly) took place in churches, we entrenched the two acts–the act of the church in joining people…